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Think Tank Review – April issue Preview

The library team is selecting publications for the next Think Tank Review, which will see the light of day around 25 April. Here is a topical preview – by no means exhaustive – of papers published by think tanks in March.

With the UK elections now rapidly approaching, various think tanks are analysing the possible outcomes and consequences, both for the UK and for Europe:

Notre Europe – Jacques Delors InstituteCameron: taking a gamble on Europe
by Alain Dauvergne
This paper gives a quick primer on the importance of the UK elections in regard to relations with the EU, and looks at the prospects of the different parties.
Link to the document in English and in French

Centre for European Policy StudiesBritain’s future in Europe: reform, renegotiation, repatriation or secession?
by Michael Emerson (ed.)
Link to the article in EnglishWhere the previous paper by Notre Europe is a hearty starter on UK/EU relations, this 176-page ebook by CEPS is surely the next course for those not yet sated. It is based on a re-examination of the evidence contained in the ‘Balance of Competences Review’, drawing new conclusions that the government chose not to.
(read also our very recent blog post on the occasion of the book launch in Brussels)

The Institute of International and European AffairsBritain and Europe: the endgame – An Irish perspectiveby Dáithí O’Ceallaigh and Paul Gillespie
This ebook zooms out just a few notches once more, and looks at the issues, scenarios, and their implications for the UK and EU. It adds the twist of looking at the Irish position in all this. As the only country with a land border with the UK, and deeply intertwined historical and economical links, it will be more impacted by a possible Brexit than any of the EU countries on the mainland.
Link to the article in English

Institute of Economic AffairsThe EU jobs mythby Ryan Bourne
And to complete the quartet, this paper takes issue with some of the political messages surrounding a possible Brexit, in particular with the claims about how many jobs would be be forfeit if it came to pass.
Link to the article in English

BruegelEuropean Central Bank Quantitative Easing: the detailed manual
by Grégory Claeys, Alvaro Leandro and Allison Mandra
Link to the document in English
(already with an update of the situation published on 7 April ECB Quantitative Easing on track)

Centre for European Policy StudiesLessons from Quantitative Easing: much ado about so little?
by Daniel Gros, Cinzia Aldici and Willem Pieter De Groen
Link to the document in English

The recent hacking at TV5 and cyber jihad in general brought us to…:

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The HagueResponding to cyber jihad: towards an effective counter narrativeby Bibi Van Ginkel
Link to the article in English

And finally, just as there are signs of a historic detente between the US and Cuba, we found this paper:

Barcelona Centre for International AffairsIncertidumbres del porvenir de los cubanosby Katarzyna Dembicz
Link to the article in Spanish

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